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The Case for Bringing Back Torture Is a Ticking Time-Bomb
A former CIA interrogator who terrorized prisoners hasn’t learned the lessons of his own immoral behavior. By Conor Friedersdorf.
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How U.S. Torture Left a Legacy of Damaged Minds
Beatings, sleep deprivation, menacing and other brutal tactics have led to persistent mental health problems among detainees held in secret C.I.A. prisons and at Guantánamo. By Matt Apuzzo, Sheri Fink and James Risen.
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Chelsea Manning Tried Committing Suicide a Second Time in October
Ms. Manning says she tried to commit suicide at the start of a week of solitary confinement she was serving as punishment for a previous attempt to end her own life. By Charlie Savage.
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Parole board declares never-charged Abu Zubaydah a forever prisoner
The Guantánamo parole board has rejected a plea for release by the war-on-terror captive known as Abu Zubaydah, who became the guinea pig in the CIA’s post- 9/11 interrogation program. By Carol Rosenberg.
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Chelsea Manning faces charges, solitary confinement after suicide attempt
Serving 35 years for leaking secrets to WikiLeaks, she was being investigated for resisting guards, prohibited property and threatening conduct charges. By Nicky Woolf.
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The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month
None of the allegations against Abu Zubaydeh turned out to be true. That didn’t stop the CIA from torturing him for years. By Rebecca Gordon. (Apr. 25, 2016)
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Senate report on CIA torture is one step closer to disappearing
The CIA inspector general’s office — the spy agency’s internal watchdog — has acknowledged it “mistakenly” destroyed its only copy of a mammoth Senate torture report at the same time lawyers for the Justice Department were assuring a federal judge that copies of the document were being preserved, Yahoo News has learned.
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Ex-Abu Ghraib Interrogator: Israelis Trained U.S. to Use “Palestinian Chair” Torture Device
As a former interrogator in Iraq working as a military contractor for the private security firm CACI, Eric Fair was stationed at the Abu Ghraib prison and in Fallujah in 2004. While in Fallujah, he witnessed a torture device known as the Palestinian chair…
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Saudi Arabia: Employer chops off hand of Tamil Nadu woman for trying to escape torture
A woman from Tamil Nadu -- working in a Saudi household as a domestic help -- has been hospitalised in Riyadh in a critical condition after her right hand was chopped off by he employer, as per TV reports. Kasturi Munirathnam, who has suffered severe injuries on her body and limbs, has been admitted to Kingdom Hospital, Manorama News reported.
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Postcards From the Edge of Consciousness
Sensory deprivation goes from CIA torture manuals to a yoga studio near you.
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